6th Grade Home Ec

Thursday 1/3- First day back to school.  Welcome to Home EC.  Talk about classroom rules.  Lab: measuring .

Friday 1/4- Cook's Tools game.

Monday 1/7- Demo: fleece sleeping bags. Orders for funky pillow kits. $ 8.00 each.

Tuesday 1/8- Practice cutting and tying on classroom fleece.  Parent letter goes home today. Due by 1/14 signed.

Thursday 1/10- Work on classroom blankets/sleeping bags.

Friday 1/11- Finish classroom blankets.

Monday 1/14- Parent note due today signed. Money for pillows and fleece are due today. Start sleeping bags/blankets.

Tuesday 1/15- Work on  blankets and sleeping bags.

Thursday 1/17- Work on blankets and sleeping bags.

Friday 1/18- Finish blankets and sleeping bags.

Monday 1/21- NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday 1/22- Blankets/ sleeping bags due. Start carrying cases.

Thursday 1/24- Go over instructions WS for carrying cases. Threading a needle, needle threader and how much thread to use.

Friday 1/25- Sewing defintions and threading needles.

Monday 1/28- Tying knots, threading needle, backstitch,  starting and stoping with the thread. Practice sewing backstitch on blue paper.

Tuesday 1/29- SNOW DAY!!!!!

Thursday 1/31- Work on cases.

Friday 2/1- Work on cases.

Monday 2/4- Work on cases.

Tuesday 2/5- Field Trip.

Thursday 2/7- Work on cases.

Friday 2/8- Progress reports go home today.  Finish cases in class or do as homework. Due monday 2/11.

Monday 2/11- Cases are due today. Start Funky pillows.

Tuesday 2/12- Read Ch 36 p. 390- 393 and 397-399 Sewing Tools and Notions.  Examples of sewing tools in class.

Wednesday 2/13- Bible

Thursday 2/14- Read Ch 37 p. 401-415 Getting Ready to Sew. Pattern Symbols, Fabric Grain, and Cutting Layout WS packet. Sewing Tools and Notions WS.

Friday 2/15- Finish packet and WS

Monday 2/18- NO SCHOOL!!!!!

Tuesday 2/19- Pillows: Pinning

Wednesday 2/20- Bible

Thursday 2/21- Assembly

Friday 2/22- Pinning

Monday 2/25- Finish Pinning and Demo cutting.

Tuesday 2/26- Class picture day. Cutting.

Wednesday 2/27- Bible

Thursday 2/28- WS packets Ch 36 and Ch 37

Friday 2/29- Catch up day.

Monday 3/3-Demo marking and attatching the design

Tuesday 3/4- marking and attaching designs

Wednesday 3/5- Bible

Thursday 3/6- marking

Friday 3/7- Marking

Monday 3/10- Attaching the designs to pillows.

Pillows are due April 17, 2008.

Tuesday 3/11- Attaching the designs.

Wednesday 3/12- Bible

Thursday 3/13- Sewing pillows.

Friday 3/14- No School! 5th grade conferences.

Monday 3/17- Sewing pillow, sewing on label.

Tuesday 3/18- Working on pillow

Wednesday 3/19- Bible

Thursday 3/20- Last day to work on pillow in class.

Pillows are due April 17, 2008. NO EXCEPTIONS. If they aren't completeted in class before spring break, they will need to be completed ay home. As we need to move on to our cooking unit.

USE YOUR TIME WISELY! =)

Friday 3/21- No School!! Good Friday!! Spring Break starts!!!!!

Monday 3/31- Microwave cooking. Read Ch 6 p. 110-115.

Tuesday 4/1- Marshmallow and Jelly doughnut experiments. Compare regular and microwave foods. Answer questions on board 1-4.

Wednesday 4/2- Bible

Thursday 4/3- Read Ch 6 p. 115-122. Review working with others and how to do dishes.

Friday 4/4- Kitchen safety notes.

Monday 4/7- Kitchen and Food Safety notes. 

Tuesday 4/8- Kitchen Safety notes.

Wednesday 4/9- Bible

Thursday 4/10-Demo: Whip cream Lab: Whip cream. Review basic mixing tools.

Friday 4/11- Measuring Lab. Whip cream lab evaluation. Spring Fling tonight!

Monday 4/14- Make Microwave cooking study guide. Preventing Accidents in the kitchen WS packet.

Tuesday 4/15- Chapter 8 study guide.

Wednesday 4/16- Bible

Thursday 4/17- Funky pillows are due today! Keep it clean WS packet

Friday 4/18- Finish Keep It Clean Packet. Chapter 6 & 8 game Quiz 

Monday 4/21- SAT Testing

Tuesday 4/22- SAT Testing

Wednesday 4/23- SAT Testing

Thursday 4/24- SAT Testing

Friday 4/25- Movie/Lunch Day! Bring a drink of your choice. Mrs. Payton will be providing the Dion's Pizza and movie! =)

Monday 4/28- Demo: Brownies. Lab: Brownies.

Tuesday 4/29- Eat Brownies and Lab evaluation sheet. Parts of a recipe and Blueprints for Food WS packet.

Wednesday 4/30- Bible

Thursday 5/1- Demo: Demo: Cho Chip Cookies.

Friday 5/2- Lab: Cho Chip Cookies. Eat at lunch. Dinner Theatre is tonight and tomorrow night!

Monday 5/5- Demo : Sugar Cookies.

Tuesday 5/6- Lab: Sugar Cookies. Eat cookies at lunch.

Wednesday 5/7- Bible

Thursday 5/8- Decorate boxes

Friday 5/9- Decorate boxes.

Monday 5/12- Lab groups make assigned food for teacher appreciation boxes.

Tuesday 5/13- Continue Lab.

Wednesday 5/14- Bible

Thursday 5/15- Finish and give teachers their gift boxes.

Friday 5/16- Fun and Fitness Day! Sports Banquet!